The Vietnam War from the Other Side

by Ang,Cheng Guan

• ISBN13: 9780700716159
• ISBN10: 0700716157
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-18
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

Existing studies of the Vietnam War have been written mostly from an American perspective. This book presents a history of the war from the perspective of the Vietnamese communists, using Vietnamese, Chinese and former Soviet sources.

Table of Contents

Maps
Indo-China: South Vietnam's main towns, railways and roads	xi
North and South Vietnam's provinces	xii
South Vietnam's major war zones and battles	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
Prelude to the Armed Struggle	13	(28)
The 6th Plenary Session of the Lao Dong Party	13	(2)
Le Duan's 14-point plan	15	(3)
Le Duan's thesis: `The road to the South'	18	(2)
2nd Conference of the Nam Bo Regional Committee	20	(1)
The 12th Plenary Session and the modernisation of the VPA	21	(3)
A re-think of the `North-first' strategy	24	(2)
Activities leading to the 15th Plenary Session of the Lao Dong Party	26	(3)
The 15th Plenary Session of the Lao Dong Party and ensuing developments	29	(4)
Developments following the passing of Law 10/59	33	(4)
Le Duan	37	(1)
Chinese and Russian attitudes towards the resumption of armed struggle	37	(4)
The Armed Struggle Begins	41	(32)
The Armed Struggle resumes	41	(3)
Hanoi and the growing Sino-Soviet rivalry	44	(4)
Developments in Laos	48	(4)
The 3rd Party Congress of the Lao Dong Party	52	(2)
Communist activities in the South	54	(2)
Directive of 31 January 1961	56	(2)
Developments in the VPA	58	(1)
Further developments in Laos	59	(3)
The proposed International Conference on Vietnam	62	(2)
Le Duan's July 1962 letter to the South	64	(1)
The military situation in the South	65	(2)
The Battle of Ap Bac	67	(1)
Modernisation of the VPA reviewed	68	(1)
Ngo Dinh Diem's death	69	(4)
The Armed Struggle Intensifies	73	(40)
The 9th Plenary Session of the Lao Dong Party	73	(2)
Military preparations	75	(1)
Developments in Laos and Cambodia	76	(2)
Hanoi and the Sino-Soviet rift	78	(1)
Special Political Conference (27-28 March 1964)	79	(1)
The Tonkin Gulf incident and its aftermath	80	(3)
Preparations for the winter-spring 1965 offensive	83	(1)
Military offensive (I): The Binh Gia Campaign	84	(2)
Kosygin's visit to Hanoi	86	(1)
Hanoi's 4-point plan	86	(4)
Military offensive (II): (a) The Dong Xoai Campaign	90	(2)
Military offensive (II): (b) The Ba Gia Campaign	92	(2)
Developments in the VPA	94	(5)
Military preparations in the South	99	(2)
Military offensive (III)	101	(2)
Developments in 1965 reviewed	103	(1)
Responding to the US counter-offensive	104	(3)
Fighting and negotiating	107	(2)
Ho Chi Minh	109	(1)
Stalemate	110	(3)
Breaking the Stalemate	113	(32)
Military situation in early 1967 reviewed	113	(3)
Nguyen Chi Thanh and the Tet Offensive proposal	116	(3)
Ho Chi Minh's health	119	(1)
Preparations for the Tet Offensive	120	(6)
The Tet Offensive (or `General Offensive General Uprising') -- Phase I	126	(5)
The decision to negotiate	131	(1)
The Tet Offensive -- Phase II	132	(1)
The Tet Offensive -- Phase III	133	(2)
The military situation in 1969	135	(3)
Differences within the Hanoi leadership	138	(1)
Hanoi and Sino-Soviet relations	139	(1)
Ho Chi Minh's final months	140	(5)
Notes	145	(30)
Selected Bibliography	175	(16)
Index	191